Shloka 36

Adhyāya 39 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s inquiry on attachment (saṅga) and relational restraint

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि ब्राह्मणप्रशंसायामिन्द्रशम्बरसंवादे षट्त्रिंशो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi brāhmaṇapraśaṃsāyām indraśambarasaṃvāde ṣaṭtriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Như vậy, trong Thánh sử Mahābhārata, thuộc Anuśāsana Parva—đặc biệt ở phần nói về dharma của việc bố thí—trong đoạn tán dương Bà-la-môn, nơi cuộc đối thoại giữa Indra và Śambara, chương thứ ba mươi sáu kết thúc. Lời kết chương này nêu rõ khung đạo lý của đoạn văn: lòng bố thí được dẫn dắt bởi dharma, và sự tôn vinh các đức hạnh Bà-la-môn, được trình bày qua một cuộc đối thoại thần linh mang tính giáo huấn.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अनुशासनपर्वणि: in the Anushasana Parva
• अनुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दानधर्मपर्वणि: in the section on the dharma of giving
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• ब्राह्मणप्रशंसायाम्: in the praise of Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणप्रशंसायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मणप्रशंसा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• इन्द्रशम्बरसंवादे: in the dialogue of Indra and Shambara
• इन्द्रशम्बरसंवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्रशम्बरसंवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• षट्त्रिंशः: thirty-sixth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षट्त्रिंशत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma (section)
• Indra
• Śambara
• Brāhmaṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon frames the chapter as instruction in dāna-dharma (the ethics of giving) and as a praise of brāhmaṇical virtues, conveyed through a dialogue (saṃvāda). It signals that generosity and reverence for learned, disciplined conduct are central ethical concerns in this portion of the Anuśāsana Parva.

What is happening in the narrative?

This verse is a concluding colophon: it marks the end of the chapter situated within the Anuśāsana Parva’s dāna-dharma material, specifically the Indra–Śambara dialogue occurring in the context of praising Brāhmaṇas. It does not advance plot directly but identifies the textual setting and topic.